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Fair Trials · 2021

A Measure of Last Resort? The Practice of Pre-Trial Detention Decision Making in the EU

Verified 21 May 2026 · Data dated 21 May 2026
Fresh · 8d ago

Documents how pre-trial detention — meant under EU and international law to be a measure of last resort — has become routine in many member states. Identifies bias against foreign nationals and people of colour, and weak judicial scrutiny of detention requests.

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